Pencil-clasp for writing-tablets



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A. D.-SGHAEPPER.

PENCIL GLA$P FOR WRITING TABLETS.

No. 351,529. Patented Oct. 26, 1886.

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I PENCIL CLASP FOR WRITING TABLETS.

No, 351,529. Patented Oct. 26, 1886.

. a citizen of the United States, residing at Daytional view taken on the line at m, looking totablet'provided with a modified form of my board to points b",,and are at said pointsbent 'at right angles in'opposite directions to each PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR D. SOHAEFFER, OF DAYTON, OHIO.--

PENCIL-CLASP FOR WRITING-TABLETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,529; dated October 26, 1886.

Application filed March 25, 1885.

To all whom it may conceive: V

Beit known that I, ARTHUR D. SCHAEFFER,

ton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Writing-Tablets and Pencil- Clasps, of which the followingis-a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Myinvention relates to combined'writingtablets and pencil-holders; and it consists, essentially, in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the several elements comprised herein, substantially as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a writing-tablet provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a portion of the tablet shown in Fig. 1, partly broken away to show the application of my improvement thereto. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line yyof Fig. 2, to show the manner of attaching the improvement to the tablet. Fig. 4 is a secward the pencilholder. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are similar views, showing different positions of said holder. Fig. Sis a perspective view of a improvement; Fig. 9 is a sectional view on the line mm thereof. Figs. 10 and 11 are views, respectively, of a portion of the base-board of the tablet provided with my improvement.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a writing tablet consisting of the usual baseboard, a, having a series of leaves, a, secured together and attached to said board by a-binder, a, preferably of textile fabric.

3 designates the pencil-holder, consisting of a single piece of wire, I), bent as at b.. The parts of the wire b, at each side of the bend b, are curved, as at b, to partially or wholly surround a pencil, the ends of the wire I) extending inwardly upon the upper surface of the baseother, and thence extend to points I), where the wire is again bent and passed through the baseboard a, the ends I) of the wires being bent upward and bearing against the lower surface of the said board.

I attach importance to the manner in which Serial No. 160,097. (No. model.)

the wire I), forming the pencil-holder B, is bent or turned at the point b whereby a firm bearing for the body of said holder is secured ,upon the base-board, andgreater distance is insured between the points I), where the base-board is punctured, as well as permitting the ends of the wire to bear solidly against the lower surface of the baseboard at points counterbalanced by thepressure of the parts 12 between thepoints b b upon said base board. I attach importance to the bent part b of the wire 12, extending partially around the pencil and serving to clamp the pencil between the bent part b and the parts ofthe wire I) which extend outwardly from the edge of the tablet, whereby said part b is adapted to bear with sufficient tension against the pencil as torsionsprings to preventthe displacement of the pencil, as will be readily understood.

Figs. 4. to 7, inclusive, represent the pencilholding loop in different positions, to wit: In Fig. 4 the dotted lines show the normal position of the bend or bight b of the wire, while the full lines represent the bight sprung outwardly when grasping a pencil. In Fig. 5the curved part b extends below the upper surface of the wire b, as at If, the pencil being held between said part b and the bight b. In Fig. 6

the part b is so extended and bent as to nearly meet the bent portion 1).

In Fig. 7 the part b is extended and bent, and part b is shortened.

In each and all of the above forms, as well as in Figs. 8 to 11,, inclusive, it will be seen that the pressure exerted by the bight b serves to clamp the pencil with sufficient force to hold it in place and yet permit of its ready removal for use.

Modifications in details of construction and proportion of parts herein shown and described can be made without departing from .the principle or sacrificing the advantages of my invention. 4

The portion 1) may be bent in by the fingers, if required, in .order to obtain sufficient friction between the holder and pencil to retain the latter in place, if required, after the pencil-holder has been used or a smaller pencil is inserted.

I do not bind myself to the exact details of construction shown and described, as I am aware that other modifications thereof can be to the back or cover of the tablet and extend made without departing from the principle of outwardly therefrom, substantially as demy invention-as, for example, the function scribed.

of the parts b b is not affected by the bend b. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in 5 What I claim, and desire to secure by Letpresence of two witnesses.

ters Patent of the United States, is-

In combination with awriting-tablet, a wire ARTHUR SCHAEB pencil-h01der consisting of a single wire bent, Witnesses: as at b, and having arms at each side of such SAMUEL EDMONDS,

Io bent portion, which bear upon and are secured H. T. BERNHARD. 

